NJ.comDelaware high school students now must study organ donationNJ.comThis year, Delaware high school students will have a new lesson to contemplate – organ and tissue donation and transplant, something that would have seemed like science fiction to t…
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Does Social Capital Explain Community-Level Differences in Organ Donor …
Tufts Now MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (Sept. 14, 2015)—A new study finds that the characteristics of one’s community may be as important as individual factors on the decision to become an organ donor. The study, published in The Milbank Quarterly, shows an … |
Stoke SentinelTeen crash victim saves five lives after donating organsStoke SentinelTHE family of a teenage motorcyclist killed in a crash are appealing for others to join the donor register after his organs saved the lives of five people. Jack Boast, …
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Organ Donor Priorities Shift When Recipients Are Seen as Individuals, Study Finds
NJ Spotlight Who should get a “new” kidney when a donor organ is available is always a difficult decision. Should it go to the person who’s been waiting longest, or someone who can benefit most? A new series of studies coauthored by a pair of Rutgers University … |
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Dr Eric Crampton: A better deal for organ donors
New Zealand Herald New Zealand’s compensation of live organ donors is abysmally low. A person donating a kidney to a friend or loved one is eligible for up to $350 per week in compensation through Work and Income, but average salary is closer to a thousand dollars a week. |
The HinduALC Marathon for Organ DonationThe New Indian ExpressDressed in white T shirts with slogans for organ donation, ALC students set out on a run from Indira Gandhi Stadium to their college. Expressing support to the cause, college principal GAP K…
Madison.comLife after living organ donation not always brightMadison.comKelly Nolan, of Milwaukee, has had pain on her left side since she donated a kidney to a neighbor girl in 2009 at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee. Her son, Marek, 8, sometimes sits…
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My donor family did an incredible thing, says organ donation recipient
expressandstar.com And Jordan has also become a big part of Ryan’s family, bringing them huge comfort as they continue to grieve for their son. Ryan’s parents agreed to donate their son’s organs during what was a time of desperate heartache. He had died suddenly from an … |
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Do it for Sebastian – Hampshire parents urge people to back organ donor campaign
Daily Echo Placed on the organ donor register in August that year, the subsequent months saw Sebastian’s health go from bad to worse as he lost his fight. Laura and Joe knew he was going to need a heart transplant from the day he was diagnosed, one day after his … |
Over 400 organ donors registered during a campaignBusiness StandardOver 400 people, including teenagers, have registered to donate their organs during a campaign organised here by a city-based hospital. Under the campaign on organ donation (CORD) which…